levan

See also: Levan and levän

English

Noun

levan (usually uncountable, plural levans)

1. A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl.

Derived terms

• levanase
• levansucrase

Anagrams

• Alven, elvan, navel, venal

Friulian

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin levāmen, for levāmentum, from Latin levō. Compare French levain, Occitan levam, Romansch levon, levànt, lavamaint, Venetan levà.

Noun

levan m (plural levans)

1. yeast
2. leaven, leavening

Related terms

• levâ

Galician

Verb

levan

1. third-person plural present indicative of levar

Hungarian

Etymology

le- +‎ van

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛvɒn]
• Hyphenation: le‧van
• Rhymes: -ɒn

Verb

levan

1. (intransitive, rare, informal, of some job to be completed) to be ready, done (one has gotten over it successfully)

Usage notes

It is not to be confused with phrases like le van tiltva (“it has been blocked/​disabled”), where van is pronounced unstressed (together with le) exactly like levan. In these phrases, le is part of a split adverbial participle (here letiltva from letilt); see more about it at -va/-ve.

Conjugation

It is usually used in present tense and third-person forms only.

conjugation of levan

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative Mood	Present	Indefinite	levagyok	levagy	levan	levagyunk	levagytok	levannak
		Definite	intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
	Past	Indefinite	levoltam	levoltál	levolt	levoltunk	levoltatok	levoltak
		Definite	―
	Future	Indefinite	leleszek	leleszel	lelesz	leleszünk	lelesztek	lelesznek
		Definite	―
Conditional Mood	Present	Indefinite	lelennék or levolnék	lelennél or levolnál	lelenne or levolna	lelennénk or levolnánk	lelennétek or levolnátok	lelennének or levolnának
		Definite	―
	Past	Indefinite	lelettem volna	lelettél volna	lelett volna	lelettünk volna	lelettetek volna	lelettek volna
		Definite	―
Subjunctive Mood	Present	Indefinite	lelegyek	lelégy or lelegyél	lelegyen	lelegyünk	lelegyetek	lelegyenek
		Definite	―
Infinitive	lelenni		lelennem	lelenned	lelennie	lelennünk	lelennetek	lelenniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			lelét	lelevő or lelévő	levolt	leleendő	leléve or lelévén	lelehet

Further reading

• levan in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Verb

levan

1. apocopic form of levano

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

levan (Cyrillic spelling леван)

1. passive past participle of levati

Spanish

Verb

levan

1. third-person plural present indicative of levar